May 14, 1945 - Finished unloading and retracted from beach. Anchored off shore we are waiting for rest of the convoy to finish unloading before getting underway.

May 13, 1945 - Still unloading ship

May 12, 1945 - Afternoon - arrived at Finchshafen New Guinea. We beached about 5 miles down from Finchshafen. We didn’t get much of a good ramp and were until nearly dark fixing the ramp. A little ways down the beach is a red cross truck with a couple of girls giving out doughnuts and coffee. There isn’t really much here. Night unloading. This place looks in general just about like the rest of New Guinea.

April 23, 1945 - Noon - Finished unloading, retracted from the beach and anchored in the Bay.

April 22, 1945 - Morning - GQ. Air raid, but we never saw any Jap planes. We are now entering Polloc Harbor. Morning - Beached at Parang and unloaded men and equipment. We beached on some metal pontoons. We can see some houses all blown to pieces on the land. We were talking to some of the soldiers here and they said that the Moros, a tribe of people living here were as bad as the Japs to fight. We also saw some natives and they are about the sorriest looking Filipinos we’ve seen to date. Some of the boys slipped ashore and got some nice souvenirs, but I stayed around the dock. We won’t get unloaded until tomorrow. Twilight - We saw what looked like around a million bats flying around the harbor. Although they are shaped like the bats back home, they are about the size of a buzzard.

April 8, 1945 - Beached and unloaded troops and equipment.

March 13, 1945 - 1030 - Unloaded - Retracted from beach. Tied up to Liberty ship to get CB’s Picket boat removed.

December 22, 1944 - Completed unloading. Retracted from the beach. Evening - got underway, we are going out tonight and coming back in on a practice invasion tomorrow.

November 16, 1944 - Arrived at Leyte about 2 am and GQ sounded. We shall continue GQ (general headquarters) the rest of the day. We beached about 8 o’clock and began unloading immediately. Finished unloading shortly after noon. Retracted from beach and anchored in bay while waiting for other ships to unload. We had two or three air raids while at Leyte, but no planes came over. They were further up the beach. We beached at Trainian Head at San Jose this time, just across the island from Ormoc Bay. Night - started back for Hollandia.